The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-01-28
HOUSE.

VIZ SAAAg JAZZ " ITO I0A nnnfaa
ence report on the interstate commerce hiiI
Mr.. Crisp gave notice that he would ask for
q vote upon the report tomorrow after tia
morning hour. Mr.. Durham, addressino.
himself to the long and short haul section 81
the bill, expressed his inability 20 understand
its meaning and his disbelief anybody else
understood it
III the said roads were forced by this bilI 70
raise their through rates, the section OF conntrv
In which he lived would sustain the greatest
Injury, for IT would be more difficult Tor ths
farmers of that section to place their grain
products in European markets in composition
with the grain products Of Australia He yvonta
however, vote for the bill
Nh. Guenther congratulated the ueon,a
that at last congress was about to pass the
bill
It's passage would inspire them with renewal
confidence In their representatives in congress-
Year after year the railroad magnates. thronch
agents and lobbyists, had defeated all interststa.
MINER legislation, but the day OF iudgment
was about to arrive. The passage Of this bill
would be the greatest triumph the public had
achieved for many years.
Mr.. Nelson favored the measure. and said
that by its passage one Of the powerful
weapons for exLortion and injustice would
be completely sheathed Mr.. Weaver Qowal
opposed the bill.
It's theory was to do as little for the people AZ
possible and to render those sections which re-
lated TO the rights of the people as Obscure ana
unlnteitgioie as human ingenuity could make
DNSA uCLAauuluK Gu6
Reagan bill and they had been fed on ashes.
1ney hao asked Tor an egg and were given a
scorpion which would sting them to death.
A bill was passed authorizing the construc-
ton of a bridge over the Mississippi river al
St Louis.
SENATE.
Hoar called upthe conference report on the
electoral count bill. Mr.. Edmunds stated
his understanding to be that the conference
bill was, in substance, except as to two OF
three lines, the same as the bill which the
senate bad passed over and over again. Mr..
Wilson Qowa) said that he could not vote for
the report, because he believed that 1t pro-
posed to assume a jurisdiction which, in his
Judgment, was prohibited by the c~onstitu.
Gion. The conference report was agreed to
without further discussion and without q di-
vision.
HOUSE.
The senate bill for the admission OF
Washington Territory as a state was reported
tavorsbly with an amendment providing also
for the admission of Montana. The senate bill
amending the law regarding trade marks passed.
The interstate m bill was further dis
cussed.
The senate bill amending the law relating
to patents, trade marks and copyrights, which
passed the house to-day, provides:
Hereafter during the term of letters patent
for a design, it shall be unlawful for ANYBODY
other than the owner of the letters patent, with
out the license of the owner, to apply the design
secured by such letters patent, or any colorado
Imitation thereof, to any article Of manufacture
for the purpose OF sale, or to sell or expose for
sale any article of manufacture TO which the
license of the owner has been applied, knowing
that the same has been 80 applied.
Mr.. Miller OF Texas introduced q bill to
amend the laws relating to national bank
associations which embodies the recon-
mendationg OF Controller Trenholm.
The bill proposes to amend the statutes relat-
ing to the administration of oaths to bank
officials. enlarges the powers Of the assistant
, cashiers, provides for the punishment OF persons
making false reports; requires bonds deposited
by national banks to secure circulation to be In
terest-bearing bonds; Sorbids national banks 70
accept mortgages as security for loans; provides
for the exemption OF shareholders from indlvid-
ual liability for surplus funds; empowers the
deputy controller to perform duties assigned ia
him by the controller and provides means for
the resumption of business by failed banks after
a statement in full Of all liabilities.
SENATE.
Mr. Colquittl presented q petition from
the Women's Christian Temperance Union Of
the District OF Columbia.
It charges the commissioners Of the district
with disregarding the purity, safety and moral
interests and rights Of the people, and asserts
that, In direct violation OF the law. they nave
for months past been permitting and pro-
tecting rambling halls, pool rooms and DRINKING
establishments, as well as dens OF prostltution
duu NlCCt hAd kAtAnE PAA -
charges that a house owned by one OF The com.
missioners is used as an office by the agent on
the Louisiana state lottery, and that Frank
Hume, the president of the liquor dealers ASSOC
citation, is bondsman OF one the public commits
sioners. 1t therefore prays for q ~thorougn IN
yestigation Of the facts, and Tor the proper 2, Sa@ eas
within the district.
Mr.. Ingalls,, chairman Of the district COM
mittee. said:
The allegations presented in the petition had
4 1a,- .woDaA %An kanAfo NJ fha GnmmlELSG.
There was no doubt there was very. great vloia,
tion, not only of law, but OF moral ana soclai
order in connection with these transscslons.
Licenses had been granted In violation OF statu.
tory provisions, but In order that the senate ~
the country might understand that the diseIics
committee had neither been Obvious nor neso
lectful of these matters. he felt IL his duSys 70
call attention to the fact that on Fep; Z, I9oa3
he had introduced a bill regulating the sale o.
liquors In the district, and that on the l5tn oI
the same month the bin had been reported by
the committee, and had subsequently passeu ~
senate. That bill was now before the dlstrics
Congress had been as diligent as the senate. one
great cause Of complaint would nave oeen ~
moved.
The biz was read at length It requires 9
liquor license fee of $500. The pe1laoa
was referred to the committee on the Dlsuics
Of Columbia
After the reading OF the journal the
speaker stated that the regular order was
the vote upon the adoption Of the confer
ence report on the interstate commerce
bill, and the vote was taken on adopting
the report. It was agreed to-yeas zlS
nays Al. The only nays were:
Allen Masal. Frederick. Miller.
Anderson fO.1. Gan. Morrow,
Bliss. Gilhllan, oates,
RontelIe. grosyenor. O.Neiil pal,
B0yIe. HAYDEN. ONeill Mol.
Byd0o. HILL Ranney,
Broscn. johnson IN. VI Reed Mel.
Campbell, TO-, Kelley. Rice,
CasweIl. Ketcham. Seymour,
DiJble. Ldbbey, Wadsworth,